RIAA tells Ars: We’re not hypocrites
The RIAA wants us all to know that the group isn’t hypocritical when it comes to music licensing, though the full story’s a bit more complicated.
Archive for March 13, 2008
iPhone Dev Team jailbreaks firmware 2.0… before it’s out
This is just getting silly, don’t you think? The iPhone Dev Team has once again proven their totally gnarly talents by freeing up the latest firmware before it’s even the latest firmware.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 finally running in Wine
Wine is one of the fastest developed open source applications. A new Wine version is released every two weeks. One application that users have been wanting to run on Linux for several years is Adobe Photoshop.
A couple of hours ago Louis Lenders managed to install and run Adobe Photoshop CS3!
GoDaddy Silences Police-Watchdog Site RateMyCop.com
As a long time Godaddy customer, I am shocked they would do this.
E-mail inventor: I didn’t foresee spam - Times Online
At around 7pm one autumn evening in 1971, the first message using Mr Tomlinson’s fledgling software, known then as the ‘Send Message Program’, travelled the short distance of a metre from one computer to a neighbouring machine, and electronic mail was born.
Firefox 3 Memory Usage
This article explain what’s been done to reduce memory usage for Firefox 3 and show some results
Huge Discovery: GE Announces Printable OLED Breakthrough
Imagine a world where your wall glows at a brightness determined by ambient lighting and personal preference. Lamps might soon be obsolete, and the whole discussion about swtiching light bulbs completely moot.
Sun Unveils The Most Powerful Super-Computer on the Planet
Sun and the Texas Advanced Computing Center unveil Ranger”, a supercomputer based on Sun’s Constellation System. Ranger is one of the very fastest supercomputers in the world, and ushers in the new era of “petascale” computing in which high performance supercomputers approach one petaflop (one quadrillion floating point instructions) per second.
Morning [XKCD Comic]
I’d press on them to try to unstick them, but I can’t reach. Can we try cycling day and night really fast?
Pirate Bay to Hollywood: Open your Own Torrent Site
Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij from The Pirate Bay recently did a video interview which resulted in some great quotes. One such quote comes from Fredrik, he suggests that the movie and music industry should set up their own torrent site, and monetize it through advertisements. “We would be out of business.” he added.
Michigan says MediaSentry (RIAA) lacks necessary PI license
The Michigan state agency charged with licensing private investigators has indicated that the RIAA’s investigative firm, MediaSentry, needs a PI license to operate in the state. Operating without such a license can be a felony under Michigan state law.
‘IFPI Advertising’ Boosts Visitors To Blocked Torrent Site
Last week a court ruled that Israel’s largest ISPs should block access to HttpShare, a BitTorrent and http hyperlink site. Thanks to what the owners call “IFPI advertising”, the site is now so busy they’ve had to upgrade their hardware. TorrentFreak caught up with them as they cracked open the champagne.
